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Sources & references

Where the texts on this site come from — a working bibliography for researchers, students and visitors.

Primary source for this site

Roziqulova Sh. K.
Processes of museification of the Sitorai Mohi Xossa historical monument (2nd half of XX – beginning of XXI c.)
Master’s dissertation in Museum Studies. National Institute of Painting and Design named after K. Behzod, Tashkent, 2026.
All texts on the History timeline, Masters page, exhibit stories, the About page and the architecture descriptions are drawn from this dissertation. Names, dates, attributions and pigment recipes that would otherwise live only in the archive.

Works of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Mirziyoyev Sh. M.
From national revival to national rise
Tashkent: «O‘zbekiston» NMIU, 2020 — 48 pp. The cultural-heritage policy framework under which the present museum-reserve programme operates.
Mirziyoyev Sh. M.
We will build our great future together with our brave and noble people
Tashkent: «O‘zbekiston» NMIU, 2017 — 407 pp.

Museum studies & monographs on Sitorai Mohi Xossa

Kryukov K. S.
Sitorai-Mokhi-Khasa
Tashkent: Uzbekistan, 1968 — 18 pp. The first methodological publication on the palace’s construction, architectural styles and interior decoration. A pocket-format primer that has been quietly reproduced in every guide since.
Pugachenkova G. A.
Bukhara: An open-sky museum
Tashkent, 1981 — 291 pp. Canonical art-historical survey of Bukhara’s monuments by the leading scholar of Central Asian architectural history. A foundational reference cited across the dissertation.
Sadikova N.
Museum work in Uzbekistan
Tashkent: Fan, 1975 — 290 pp. A monograph on the development of Uzbek museography from the 1920s — institutional history, exposition models, the role of state policy.
Muini R.
Architectural monuments of Bukhara
Tashkent, 2007 — 94 pp. A typology of Bukharan architectural objects — palaces, madrasas, caravanserais — with attention to construction techniques and decorative grammar.
Mukhamedova M. S.
The role of national and international organisations in museum-studies development (XX–XXI cc.)
Monograph. Tashkent: Yosh Kuch Press, 2017 — 297 pp. ICOM, UNESCO and the national museum agencies — how the international standards arrived in the Uzbek museum sector.
Nishanova K. S.
Trends in the development of Uzbekistan’s art museums in the XX–XXI centuries
Monograph. Tashkent, 2021 — 151 pp. A typological history of Uzbek art museums covering the post-Soviet reform period — relevant to Sitorai Mohi Xossa’s repositioning after 1991.
Boltayev A. H.
The Bukhara Museum as a Centre of Historical-Regional Studies
Tashkent: Navro‘z, 2019 — 70 pp. Studies the institutional role of the Bukhara museum in regional historical research; co-authored complementary material with J. Odilov on the palace as an ethnographic object.
Sodiqova N., Kuryazova D., Ismailova J., Nishanova K., Mukhamedova M.
Museum and Society
Reference monograph on modern museum studies — current trends, new types of museums, their educational and cultural-enlightening function. Frames the conceptual approach taken on this site.
Ismailova J.
Foundations of modern museum studies
Scholarly-methodological handbook. Reform of the Uzbek museum sector, principles of museum exposition design, and the dialogue between museums and society.
Jumayev Q.
Sitorai Mohi Xosa
Bukhara: Yoqub Dovud, 2010 — 136 pp. Standalone art-historical monograph on the palace by the Bukharan scholar — a key source on attribution of decoration and provenance of furnishings.
Sadikova N.
The treasury of our cultural heritage
Tashkent: Fan, 1981 — 270 pp.
Sadikova N.
The unity of scientific-research and ideological-educational work in Uzbek museums
Tashkent: Fan, 1987.
Sadikova N.
Historiography and sources on museum construction
Tashkent: Fan, 1987.
Sadikova N.
Mulki toroj o‘zbegim
Tashkent: Fan-Xazina, 1995 — 42 pp.
Kuryazova D. T.
History of museum work in Uzbekistan
Tashkent: San‘at, 2010 — 154 pp.
Kuryazova D. T.
Foundations of museum work
Tashkent: O‘qituvchi, 2020 — 180 pp.
Kuryazova D.
History and theory of museum work (handbook for vocational colleges)
Tashkent, 2007 — 160 pp.
Ismailova J. H., Nishanova K. S., Mukhamedova M. S.
Museum and Society. Textbook for higher education
Tashkent: Chinor ENK, 2015 — 174 pp.
Ismailova J. H., Mukhamedova M. S.
Modern world museography. Study aid
Tashkent, 2013 — 310 pp.
Ismailova J.
Foundations of modern museum studies
Tashkent: Turon Zamin Ziyo, 2016 — 324 pp.
Ilalov I.
Museum studies
Tashkent: Musiqa, 2006 — 357 pp.
Uzbekistan National Encyclopedia
O‘zbekiston Milliy Ensiklopediyasi, Vol. 2
Tashkent: State Scientific Publishing House, 2001 — 570 pp.

Academic articles on Sitorai Mohi Xossa and museography

Zaripov S.
Bukhara Architectural Monument Sitorai Mohi Xossa Construction Architecture
Central Asian Journal of Social Sciences and History. Vol. 02, Iss. 04, April 2021. pp. 124–130. An English-language peer-reviewed account of the construction phases — useful for international researchers.
Boltayev A., Odilov J.
Sitorai Mohi Xosa as an Ethnographic Museum
Innovations in Technology and Science Education. Vol. 2, Iss. 9, 2023. pp. 1028–1034. Frames the palace not just as architectural monument but as a living ethnographic record.
Boltayev A. H.
Historical buildings of the Bukhara Registan
Moziydan sado, No. 1, 2022. pp. 24–25.
Boltayev A., Ramazonova F.
100 years of the Bukhara Local-History Museum (history and analysis)
Proceedings of the international scientific-practical conference «Museum studies in the XXI century: research, traditions and innovations». Tashkent, 2022. pp. 207–214.
Jumayev Q.
Sitorai Mohi Xosa — the museum of folk applied art
Moziydan sado, No. 1, 2003. p. 26.
Saloyeva O.
Activities of house-museums within the Bukhara State Museum-Reserve
International Scientific Journal «Interpretation and Researches». Vol. 1, Iss. 3, 2023. pp. 152–154. ISSN: 2181-4163.
Lysenko O.
Ethnographic museums today
Anthropological Forum, No. 6, 2007. p. 69. Reference framework for evaluating Sitorai Mohi Xossa against contemporary ethnographic-museum practice.
Rahmonov K.
The first museum in Bukhara and its organiser
Proceedings of the international conference «Museum studies in the XXI century». Tashkent, 2022. pp. 146–151. Original archival research on the 8 November 1922 opening of the Bukhara museum and the role of Qori Yo‘ldosh.
Sadikova N.
The formation of museums in Central Asia
Moziydan sado, No. 1–2, 1999. pp. 16–23.

Legal framework

Decrees and resolutions governing the preservation, restoration and museification of Uzbek cultural heritage:

2010-03-23
№ 49
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers «On the state programme for the study, conservation, restoration and adaptation for modern use of the cultural heritage objects of Bukhara»
2017-12-11
№ 975 / programme
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers approving the comprehensive programme «Improvement of the activity and material-technical base of state museums in 2017–2027»
2019-10-18
№ 991
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers «On the rules for using material cultural heritage objects»
2021-03-03
№ 119
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers «On measures to strengthen the protection of material cultural heritage objects and territories included in the UNESCO World Heritage List»
2022-03-10
№ 110
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers «On measures to develop tourism and the infrastructure of cultural heritage objects in 2022»
2022-05-27
№ PP-261
Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan «On measures to develop services in museums»
2023-09-11
№ PF-158
Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan «On the Uzbekistan-2030 Strategy»

Web sources

yuz.uz/uz/news/citoraimohi-xossa--ismmi-yoki-tarixiy-joy-nomi
Yuz.uz: «Sitorai Mohi Xossa — a name or a place?»
oz.sputniknews.uz/20250103/sitorai-mohi-xosa-46678447.html
Sputnik Uzbekistan: Sitorai Mohi Xosa (Jan 2025)
daryo.uz/2022/04/16/korib-bilib-tursak-da-qarshilik-qilolmadik
Daryo.uz: museum director on the 2020 botched restoration
darakchi.uz/oz/143030
Darakchi.uz: news on the palace
uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buxoro_tasviriy_san%CA%BCat_muzeyi
Wikipedia: Bukhara Museum of Fine Arts (related branch)
azhistorymuseum.gov.az/ru/about/3
Azerbaijan History Museum (Tagiyev Palace) — comparative case
@BukharaMuseum
Bukhara Museum-Reserve official channel